时间:2019-01-31 作者:英语课 分类:VOA常速英语2013年(十月)


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Tea Party Drives Republican Hardline on Government Funding 茶党等保守势力施压共和党致政府关门


A one-page letter - signed by almost one-fifth of the legislators in the U.S. House of Representatives - was a factor leading to a political stalemate and the U.S. government shutdown. Congress and President Barack Obama cannot agree on continuing to fund the government, with the Republicans determined 1 to undermine the president’s signature health care law.  Some powerful Republicans say they are bowing to the wishes of their constituents 2.


Outside the Capitol, Washington, D.C. is quiet.  Inside, talk is tough. Democrats 4 support the president.


“What have we come to here? We have the best country in the world and it’s time we start running it again,” asked Rep. Peter Visclosky (D-Ind).


“The House has compromised over and over and over again," insisted Rep. Andy Barr (R-Ky).


Ultra-conservative 


Republican Congressman 5 Barr belongs to the ultra-conservative arm called the Tea Party.  It arrived on the political scene in 2009.  The movement is now a force within the party.


Eighty members (a third of House Republicans, including Barr) signed a letter connecting a repeal 6 of health care reform to any resolution that keeps the government running.  


Barr accused Democrats of pushing through the health care reform act in 2010 when they had a majority in both houses of Congress, and said his Kentucky constituents did’t like it.


“I cannot ignore the deluge 7 of calls and conversations and communications that I’m getting from constituents talking about Obamacare hurting them, their businesses and their families,” he said.


Anti-Obama 


According to the Cook Political Report, most of the 80 Republicans come from districts that voted unlike most of the country.  For example, President Obama only received 38 percent of the vote in Barr’s district.  And while voters nationwide are looking more diverse, the Cook Report said Republican districts are getting whiter.


Moderate Republicans agree that Obamacare should be diminished but oppose the tactics of the Tea Party - like shutting down the government.  Analysts said they were looking over their shoulder, afraid of a Tea Party challenger, if they didn't go along. 


“In the case of Republicans looking over their right shoulders, they may be safe in their districts as Republicans if they were to face a Democrat 3 in an election, but they may not be safe from a primary challenge,” explained John Fortier, of the Bipartisan Policy Center.


Blame game 


Meanwhile, Republicans and Democrats accuse each other of refusing to compromise. 


"All we are asking for is to sit down and have a discussion," insisted House Speaker John Boehner.


"Mr. Speaker, You shut down the federal government. But now what?” asked said Rep. Colleen Hanabusa (D-Hawaii).


 “It’s part of our polarized world," remarked Fortier. "The extent that we have divided government.  Our parties differ a lot.  It’s likely that part of this is the new normal.”


So for now, the factions 8 wait to see which side blinks first.  Until then, the federal government remains 9 shut down until further notice.




adj.坚定的;有决心的
  • I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
  • He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。
n.选民( constituent的名词复数 );成分;构成部分;要素
  • She has the full support of her constituents. 她得到本区选民的全力支持。
  • Hydrogen and oxygen are the constituents of water. 氢和氧是水的主要成分。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.民主主义者,民主人士;民主党党员
  • The Democrat and the Public criticized each other.民主党人和共和党人互相攻击。
  • About two years later,he was defeated by Democrat Jimmy Carter.大约两年后,他被民主党人杰米卡特击败。
n.民主主义者,民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )
  • The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
  • The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.(美)国会议员
  • He related several anecdotes about his first years as a congressman.他讲述自己初任议员那几年的几则轶事。
  • The congressman is meditating a reply to his critics.这位国会议员正在考虑给他的批评者一个答复。
n.废止,撤消;v.废止,撤消
  • He plans to repeal a number of current policies.他计划废除一些当前的政策。
  • He has made out a strong case for the repeal of the law.他提出强有力的理由,赞成废除该法令。
n./vt.洪水,暴雨,使泛滥
  • This little stream can become a deluge when it rains heavily.雨大的时候,这条小溪能变作洪流。
  • I got caught in the deluge on the way home.我在回家的路上遇到倾盆大雨。
组织中的小派别,派系( faction的名词复数 )
  • The gens also lives on in the "factions." 氏族此外还继续存在于“factions〔“帮”〕中。 来自英汉非文学 - 家庭、私有制和国家的起源
  • rival factions within the administration 政府中的对立派别
n.剩余物,残留物;遗体,遗迹
  • He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
  • The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
学英语单词
A.P.C. (automatic power control)
actinomucor repens
ad hoc on-demand distance vector
ammonia ash
angiulo
anomalous line condition received
autotronic system
AVRCP
Badenheim
badger dog
balmifying
beck's hydrometer
Buckley ga(u)ge
commutation of penalty
comparative feeding experiment
compositive criteria
contracted curvature tensor
croson
curator-in-charge
cyclophosphamide(CP)
deleterious substances
design transition temperature
diluent agent
distelfinks
doltons
dry blast cleaning
duodena
empurple
entertainments tax
equivalent multiply rate
Euro-farmer
exit phase
extra bright
fulminants
grip strength
gyrostabilizers
hallettsville
hamsin
hemorrhagic white eye
heteropatriarchy
high annealing
hoarsened
human factors evaluation
inductive loop detector
krashen
Lagrange-Hamilton theory
legal situation
licuala spinosa
long-period test
Loose Credit
lyncury
machinery repairman
macrophthalmus abbreviatus
magnetic amplifier type magnetic core circuit
metritic
Mount Juliet
nagal
near drowning
Negri Sembilan
oblique grooving iron
orthogonal orthomorphism
overconnected
patinoes
pennsylvanias
Pinkertonian
planty
pnictides
Politzer's plug
polyynic
preferential direction
regulation of water intake
responsible accident
rhacomitrium cucullatum broth
rhinolaryngological
roes
Roncal, V.de
Schneider Trophy
sclerotium oryzae
seeder unit
seropneumothorax
service completion time
silden
sour mushroom
sputum tubes
stimulation-escape
supress
synchronous optical transmission
taarof
taylers
telescopic belt conveyor
tend on/upon
tenthredo formosana
tetramerous flower
thiocarbazides
track start
transmarginal inhibition
triangular oscillation blade
tubular boiler
verminous abscess
vestas
wallet-size
within-participants design